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Although we are making plans to head out soon for the FGS Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee, we’re also preparing for the Family History Expo, to be held at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah (yes – I know Continue reading The Salt Lake Family History Expo – Coming Up August 27 & 28
The following news release was received from NEHGS: Family History Day – October 16, 2010 NEHGS and Ancestry.com invites you to join us for our second Family History Day on Saturday, October 16th at Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center Continue reading Family History Day in Boston October 16, 2010
There’s was a good article in the Cape Gazette yesterday about my friend and colleague, Ed Wright. Following is a teaser. Sorting through details, connecting the dots and unraveling mysteries are Ed Wright’s things. From naval intelligence to genealogy, Wright Continue reading The Wrights of Colonial Roots
Baker, Florida Visitors at the Baker Block Museum are seeing a new face on the block. The North Okaloosa Historical Association board of directors appointed Baker resident Peggy Hardy as the museum’s new curator. Hardy is replacing Jeanette Henderson, who Continue reading Peggy Hardy Named Curator at Baker, Florida’s Baker Block Museum
With budget shortfalls galore, many states are having problems just paying the bills, let alone expanding archives space. Pennsylvania is in just such a pickle… PHILADELPHIA — The 18-story tower across from the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg is where millions Continue reading Pennsylvania States Archives is Running Out of Space
Despite having created quite a flack a while back when the Maine legislature made access to Maine vital records under 100 years old more difficult, it seems that the state is now doing some things that make genealogists’ lives a Continue reading 13 Years of Data Added to the Maine Death & Marriage Indexes
The following excerpt is from an article in the August 8, 2010 edition of the Times Union. Quite a story… Over the course of a century, silver maple trees grew to a height of more than 70 feet and dappled Continue reading 107 Years Later – 3 Drowned Orphan Girls Get a Headstone
Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr.,was definitely descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish chieftain of the fifth century, Ugo Perego, a senior DNA researcher at Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation has discovered. … Recent DNA tests show that the Continue reading Joseph Smith Jr. Descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish Chieftain of the 5th Century
Too bad… the “long form” is gone and there will be no useful genealogical data collected and made available from the 2011 Canadian National Household Survey. Statistics Canada has quietly made major changes to the country’s census in time for Continue reading Statistics Canada Pulls the 2011 Census Long Form Questionare
Family Roots Publishing continues to expand our lineup of Genealogy Research Guides available at the website. Although we’re still posting, and by no means is everything up or fully described, we do have several hundred titles now posted and available Continue reading Family Roots Publishing Expands Titles of Genealogy Research Guides Available at Website
Do you have or know someone in the United States that has Iranian roots? Despite the current tensions between Iran and the United States, family history spans all cultures and political persuasions. I just ran across an extensive article by Continue reading Iranian/Persian Genealogy & Cultural Resources in the U.S.A.
The Vital Records found at the Family Search beta website continues to grow. Millions of birth, marriage, and death records — both indexes and digitized documents can be found at the site. As of August 8, 2010, I count 64,735,265 Continue reading The 101 U.S.A. Vital Records Databases at the FamilySearch Beta Website is Nearing 65 Million Records
Following is an excerpt from a good genealogy story found in the August 8, 2010 edition of GoDanRiver.com. The honored ancestor had 13 children and something in the area of 1800 descendants. For more than 75 years, the descendants of Continue reading Descendants of Stephen Tarpley Dedicate a New Headstone at Annual Reunion
We’ve been selling Dan Lynch’s Google Your Family Tree at the Family Roots Publishing website, and at conferences since last December. The book is a wealth of information, and it’s not surprising that the book has turned out to be Continue reading “Google Your Family Tree” Tops the Genealogy Guidebook Sales Charts
Following is an excerpt from an article in the August 7, 2010 edition of the Grand Forks Herald about what can be found in the Grand Forks Room in the Grand Forks North Dakota Public Library. Would you like to Continue reading Genealogical Treasures Found in the Grand Forks Room